Iron Gustav (TV series)

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Iron Gustav
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GenreComedy drama
Based onIron Gustav by Hans Fallada
Written by Herbert Asmodi
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Starring Gustav Knuth
ComposerFriedrich Scholz
Country of origin West Germany
Original languageGerman
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Producers Hans Hirschmann
Gunther Malzacher
Cinematography Immo Rentz
Running time60 minutes
Production company Südwestfunk
Release
Original network ARD
Original release27 August (1979-08-27) 
8 October 1979 (1979-10-08)

Iron Gustav (German: Der eiserne Gustav) is West German television series which originally aired on ARD in seven episodes between 27 August and 8 October 1979. [1] [2] It is based on the 1938 novel Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada about a Berlin taxi driver still using a horse-drawn carriage, and the hardships he faces due to increasing competition from motor cars in the Weimar Era. In 1928 to demonstrate what he can still do he takes his carriage from Berlin to Paris.

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